Pay it Forward

I was browsing one of my favortie blogs the other day when I spotted a post about paying it forward. Amy was paying it forward after she recieved a gift through Never Enough Thyme.

And now it's my turn... The only rule?!?! You MUST pinky promise to pay it forward to an additional 5 bloggers after YOU do a "Pay it Forward" post. So what are you going to get if you're one of the first 5 to leave a comment?

One of my FIRST projects! A Chalkboard Platter!

So to enter into this Pay it Forward game and win one of your very own Chalkboard Platters all you have to do is leave me a comment here and the first 5 will get one!

P.S. Guess who made it to 100 Followers this weekend?!?!?! Giveaway for that coming SOON!

Feature, Experiment, and Rosettes!

OMG! I'm uber excited today! I got my first feature! It may not seem like a lot to y'all but when your a baby blogger who's not even two weeks old getting your first feature it's quite exciting! Thank you for all of the support! I appreciate all of the wonderful comments and support I'm being given! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Now scoot on over to Sassy Sites and check out my feature and all of the other wonderful ideas over there! But come back! I've got cute things ahead!

So I was a busy bee last night... I did an experiment. Would flat black paint work as chalkboard paint? Ummmm the answer is NO! At least not on glass... Maybe I'll do another experiment to see if it would work on another surface but it won't work on glass. I did about 4 coats and when I went to prime it with my chalk it started to peel off. It wasn't pretty...

So until I find a cheaper alternative to my new found love I'll keep dishing out $10 a quart on the stuff.

In other news... I think that me and the girls over at Shanty 2 Chic had the same idea. Well kinda. Have you seen their ruffle tree and the rosette tree? If not go check them out they are tooooo cute! I bought all of these wooden circles to make peppermint ornaments and well... I can't draw pretty peppermints. So I was thinking to myself what am I going to do with a bunch of wood circles?

And then I remember that my grandma was talking about how she loved fabric rosettes... So why not put them my tree??? Ok so the Shanty girls and I didn't have the EXACT same idea but it's similar. They made a little tree covered in rosettes and I made rosette ornaments to cover my big tree. I followed their instructions on how to make the rosettes but I didn't want a button in the middle of mine. So after folding my strip of fabric in half I folded the end in half again and again then rolled it so that it made a tiny bud.

It's kinda hard to see because of me trying to hold tight but go with it! :-)

Then I put a dab of glue (hot glue) in the center of the wood circle and pressed down. Then I started twirling and gluing... I would twirl the fabric and then twist it around my bud in the center and glue ever so often. About the time my glue gun was ready to drop a glob I was there to use it!

Once I was done I had a bunch of rosettes. Now here is where I messed up... When you're at the end of your fabric and ready to glue it to the back of the wood go ahead and have your hanger ready to glue down at the same time. It will save you the extra step that I had to take of going back and adding my twine hanger.

Now you have beautiful rosette ornaments to adorn your Christmas Tree!!

Linking To:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/
http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/



Chalkboard Platter

Hello again! Sorry I missed Friday's post! I was feeling a bit under the weather! But I'm back and ready to rock n' roll! Y'all saw my last chalkboard right? ( If not look here ) Well I am COMPLETELY obsessed with chalkboards! I could have one in every room in my house and that wouldn't be enough! So when I came across these cute silver platters at Dollar Tree I knew just what to do!

(Sorry I didn't take a "before" shot. I forgot until I was halfway done taping them off!)

So you tape them off and then paint! It took about 4 coats of paint. If you get them you'll notice that there is an etched design on the platter, DON'T worry it's really light and the paint will cover them...

So after 4 coats of paint and over night drying time they looked like this!

  

  

(I LOVE the detailing around the sides!)

Perfect chalkboard platter for my kitchen!

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http://cottageinstincts.blogspot.com/

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

Chalkboard Craze!!!

Yes I have jumped on the band wagon! I love Chalkboards!!! I've seen them all over the blogersphere (Is that even a word? I think not...Whatev!) So when mom came down for the antique car parade, sidewalk sales, and swap meet! (Yes it was a big weekend in our little town!) I found this beauty!

I loved the picture and the frame... but I didn't love them together. I knew exactly what I was going to do with it!

Insert chalkboard paint!!!

I took apart the frame and removed the picture... Then I added a couple coats of paint and it looked like this:

I wanted to change the color of the frame too so that it wasn't brown on black. So I took that baby outside and sprayed it ivory.

I love how it turned out! I didn't even have to bust out the sander to antique it!

I'm sooo happy with the overall project!  I think I know just where to put it but I can't show you that yet because it goes with my Christmas decor! And that's next weeks posts!